Looking back and moving forward Part 1

        Well hello there! Yes I know it's been a long time since you've  heard from me, and I am overwhelmed at how fast so much time has gone by.
As I was considering how to start up this blog again, I asked the Lord" why is this so hard?"
 I was not ready for the answer I received.
"You should never have stopped" was my answer. However, as is my norm, I thought I knew better than the Lord.
" Lord, who wants to hear the mundane goings on of my life?"
The Lord said" take a look back", and as I did I found there was a lot to share and much of it was from Him!
 I always thought people were only interested when you were out"" in the field" doing the work of missions, the Lord has reminded me we are all out in the field everyday and everything we do is important to Him. A simple smile given can change a persons day. So here is a short re-cap of life since I returned from "the field".
          My last post I was in Colorado. I left there in May 2011 to find a place back home in Bass Lake, California so I could spend some time with my other daughter Tenaya. Tenaya was coming home for the summer from APU (Azusa Pacific University).Tenaya graduated in May 2013 from APU with her BA in Liberal Studies.

So it was much harder to find a good place to live than I thought and we endured some stressful trials. The Lord sent help.
My dear friend Christine and her husband Tom invited us to stay in their camp trailer. Not perfect, but it worked. Tenaya went back to school and I had found the perfect place to draw closer to the Lord.
 In March 2013 friends Traci & Eric offered their loft for me to stay in. What a blessing!
Many thanks to you both for providing a roof over my head. I have been camping since 2011 and still need to go through a large storage unit to lighten my load.
On returning to the area I  was reunited with my Sister Chicks prayer group. We met on Mondays and enjoyed sweet fellowship and wonderful time in prayer with so many answers and PRAISES.
 I worked part time at Oakhurst Beauty Supply and met new friends and also ran into so many older friends and shared my travels and revelations.

 In October I was blessed by the women of Sierra Pines Church with a scholarship to the women's retreat at Avilla Beach. What a great time of refreshment and getting to meet new friends.

At Thanksgiving I was invited to Tenaya's boyfriends family in Livermore. We had such a good time getting to know each other and enjoying good food!
 Our Christmas, both 2011 & 2012 was spent in Colorado. All  my kids together, my favorite time celebrating the birth of our Savior and having my family together. Adam (Tenaya's boyfriend) has joined us for the last two years, I think this might be permanent?

 I was blessed to return working at Calvin Crest in March 2012. What amazing healing! I was fired as registrar in 2009, which is when God took me to Crossroads at YWAM Kona (Genesis 50:20) and back as a cook in the kitchen with my friend from high school Elin. I really enjoyed my year at Calvin Crest and reconnecting. I was also able to touch others through baking. I will always have a family at Calvin Crest. Miss you all!